David Duchovny is everywhere these days. His new NBC series Aquarius premieres later this month, and he’s about to start shooting new episodes of the The X-Files in June. The actor recently recently explained why he wouldn’t be able to get behind the camera for any of the revival’s six episodes:
I would’ve directed but there’s only going to be six [episodes]. The problem [with] directing, you have to be absent as an actor for the episode before – you have to prep it. With only six, I think that’s unfair. So, no.
Why is now the best time to revisit the The X-Files? Duchovny doesn’t know, but points to the new trend of limited-series runs on networks to be a big drawing point:
I don’t know why this is a good time, but this is the time. What happened was, much like when I did “Californication,” it was like they are running 12 a year and it doesn’t have to completely dominate your life for a 10 month span – which is what “The X-Files” used to do. The networks, “Aquarius” being case in point, to attract different types of storytellers and different kinds of talent, are doing the same things in terms of limited runs. It made it possible to come back to a network without doing 22 or 25 or them. It’s kind of perfect.
Aside from Aquarius and the The X-Files, Duchovny will be going on tour in the near future to support his debut country-rock album “Hell or High Water.” Like I said, the man’s been busy.
(Via The Wall Street Journal)
